I was pretty bad about observing Lent this year (my resolution was to not bitch too hard about our landlords), and I think I only did the no-meat thing 1/2 the time because I honestly did forget what day it was when it came to making dinner. There are still many things that I enjoy about being Catholic, although my faith is something that has become something very private and intimate to me. (An atheist partner will do that to you.) And I enjoy celebrating the religious holidays when it's with people that I love.

I think that's what I appreciate most about those religious days (yeah, I know that they're celebrated on pagan dates, etc.) - they fill me with a sense of love that I don't ordinarily feel during the year.